ELA+5+Lesson+23

Topic Lesson 23: //**VAQUEROS America's First Cowboys**//

Common Core Standards RI5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. W5.9a-b Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Suggested Student Objectives 1. Students will identify the main idea in text. 2. Students will identify author's purpose. 3. Students will identify important details through summary. 4. Students will write an informational paragraph showing cause and effect.

Suggested Additional Readings Literary Texts Poetry
 * __ Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, __ by Ami Losi and Mildred Pitts Walter
 * __In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys,__ by Russell Freedman
 * See poems: Student Book, pages 598-600.

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Activities
 * ** Your Turn **, Student Book, page 597. Students will work with a partner and choose one of the activities: "Cowboys at Work" or "All Things Change."
 * See Student Book, page 601. Complete **//Text to Text//** or //**Text to World.**//

Assessments 1. Practice Workbook, pages 265-266 2. Writing Rubric 1-4, see TE T201 and R18 3. Weekly Test, 23.8-23.9

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